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Settlement Reached in 2008 Learjet 60 Crash
November 19, 2009
A settlement has been reached in one of a number of lawsuits stemming from the September 2008 crash of a Learjet 60 in which Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein was injured. According to Los Angeles County Superior Court papers, the widow of pilot James Bland, who died in the Columbia, S.C. crash, will receive $406,250 and his 17-year-old daughter will receive $25,000 a...
moreNTSB Asks for More Oversight of Public Helo Ops
November 17, 2009
The NTSB has issued another set of recommendations regarding helicopter emergency medical service (EMS) operations, this time highlighting concerns with FAA oversight of public aircraft operators. The recommendations stem from an accident on September 27 last year involving a Maryland State Police Eurocopter AS 365N1 operated as a public medical evacuation....
moreFAA Adds Special Flight Rules for Hudson Transit
November 17, 2009
New FAA regulations take effect on Thursday to separate air traffic in the Hudson River VFR corridor on the west side of Manhattan in New York City. These regulations are a result of the August 8 midair between a Piper Lance and a tour helicopter. Pilots flying through the corridor must fly at no more than 140 knots; turn on anti-collision and position/nav...
moreHorizon Flight on the prowl for opportunities
November 17, 2009
Al Ain-based Horizon International Flight Academy, which has assembled a fleet of nearly 30 aircraft since it was established in 2002, is looking for growth opportunities. General manager Mohammed Al Zaabi told AIN that Horizon established a second training center to north of Dubai with the signing of a contract with the Umm Al Quwain emirate in September...
moreK3 Releases Animation of US Airways Ditching
November 12, 2009
K3 Resources has released a compelling animation of the January 15 US Airways Flight 1549 ditching in the Hudson River, including views of bird flocks caught on radar at the time the Airbus A320’s engines flamed out. The animation pulls together all the information available from the NTSB public docket to create a 3-D reconstruction of the accident as seen...
moreTSB Critiques CBAA Oversight in 2007 Accident
November 12, 2009
Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) yesterday released the final report on the landing accident of a Bombardier Global 5000 in Fox Harbour, Nova Scotia, on Nov. 11, 2007. Ten people were injured after the Global touched down seven feet six inches short of the 4,885-foot runway. The jet was operated by charter operator Jetport, but the accident flight...
moreTurbulence Caused Mexican Learjet 45 Crash
November 05, 2009
Mexican Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC) investigators on Tuesday said that turbulence from a Boeing 767-300 caused the Nov. 4, 2008 crash of a government Learjet 45 in Mexico City that killed Mexican Interior Secretary Juan Camillo Mourino and eight others on board, as well as six people on the ground. Both aircraft were on approach to Mexico...
moreNTSB Urges Upset Training for Charter/Frax Pilots
November 03, 2009
As the result of the crash of an aeromedical Cessna Citation 550 into Lake Michigan more than two years ago, the NTSB has recommended that the FAA require all Part 91K and Part 135 operators to incorporate upset recovery into their training syllabi. Further, the Board wants to require Cessna to redesign and retrofit the yaw damper and autopilot switches on...
morePilot error blamed in aeromed Citation crash
November 01, 2009
The NTSB has issued its findings in the June 4, 2007 crash of a Cessna Citation II into Lake Michigan, which killed the two crewmembers and four passengers. The Board cited “the pilot’s mismanagement of an abnormal flight control situation through improper actions, including lack of crew coordination and failing to control airspeed and to prioritize control...
moreTSB Recommends Increased CRM Training
November 01, 2009
In the wake of its investigation into the January 2007 fatal crash of a Hawker Beechcraft King Air A100 medical transport in Saskatchewan, the Canadian Transportation Safety Board (TSB) is calling on Transport Canada to enact stricter regulations on crew resource management training for all aircraft operators in Canada. “CRM training can significantly...
moreNo Injuries in First Phenom 100 Incident
November 01, 2009
The first incident involving an Embraer Phenom 100 caused no injuries to the two crewmembers aboard and damage only to the landing gear and flaps when the light jet overran the runway while landing at the Brazilian beach town of Angra dos Reis on October 12. A pilot holding for takeoff said the Phenom approached the runway at above-normal speed. Weather was...
moreBusiness Aviation safety record continues to improve
November 01, 2009
Continuing the recent trend of safety improvement, business aviation accidents declined nearly 50 percent during the first three quarters of this year compared with the same period last year, according to statistics released by Boca Raton, Fla.-based industry safety analyst Robert E. Breiling Associates. While the decrease in flight hours–estimated by many...
moreNBAA urges operators to plan for potential H1N1 outbreak
November 01, 2009
The swine flu, which has already reached the pandemic phase 6, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), could prove to be vexing for charter and business aircraft operators who often fly worldwide on short notice.The WHO defines the H1N1 pandemic as “a worldwide epidemic of a disease” of moderate global severity. Individual countries may encounter...
moreAs winter nears, turn off autopilot in icing
November 01, 2009
Ever since the crash of American Eagle Flight 4184 (an ATR 72) in Roselawn, Ind., on Oct. 31, 1994, the NTSB has been recommending that the FAA enact a new rule that the Board believes might have prevented these accidents. As a result of the crash of Flight 4184, the NTSB recommended that the FAA “prohibit the use of the autopilot” during encounters with...
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